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From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation
By the late 1980s, the basic biochemistry of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation had already been elucidated by studies that used reticulocyte lysates. However, the scope and biological functions of this system remained largely obscure. Therefore, I became interested at that time in the mechanism...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20335505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0583 |
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description | By the late 1980s, the basic biochemistry of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation had already been elucidated by studies that used reticulocyte lysates. However, the scope and biological functions of this system remained largely obscure. Therefore, I became interested at that time in the mechanisms by which mitotic cyclins are degraded in exit from mitosis. Using a cell-free system from clam oocytes that faithfully reproduced cell cycle stage–specific degradation of cyclins, we identified in 1995 a large ubiquitin ligase complex that targets mitotic cyclins for degradation. Subsequent studies in many laboratories showed that this ubiquitin ligase, now called the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome, has centrally important roles in many aspects of cell cycle control. |
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spelling | pubmed-28693712010-07-30 From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation Hershko, Avram Mol Biol Cell Retrospective By the late 1980s, the basic biochemistry of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation had already been elucidated by studies that used reticulocyte lysates. However, the scope and biological functions of this system remained largely obscure. Therefore, I became interested at that time in the mechanisms by which mitotic cyclins are degraded in exit from mitosis. Using a cell-free system from clam oocytes that faithfully reproduced cell cycle stage–specific degradation of cyclins, we identified in 1995 a large ubiquitin ligase complex that targets mitotic cyclins for degradation. Subsequent studies in many laboratories showed that this ubiquitin ligase, now called the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome, has centrally important roles in many aspects of cell cycle control. The American Society for Cell Biology 2010-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2869371/ /pubmed/20335505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0583 Text en © 2010 by The American Society for Cell Biology |
spellingShingle | Retrospective Hershko, Avram From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title | From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title_full | From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title_fullStr | From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title_full_unstemmed | From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title_short | From Rabbit Reticulocytes to Clam Oocytes: In Search of the System That Targets Mitotic Cyclins for Degradation |
title_sort | from rabbit reticulocytes to clam oocytes: in search of the system that targets mitotic cyclins for degradation |
topic | Retrospective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20335505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E09-07-0583 |
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